One day after the U.S. Agriculture Department announced that concern over mad cow disease should no longer keep the border closed to live cattle from Canada, the Ottawa government revealed yesterday that it has detected another suspected case in a dairy cow.
More than 19 months after a mad cow scare closed U.S. borders to Canadian cattle, the United States said Wednesday it will allow limited imports beginning in March.
Supermarket chains have brought unanticipated challenges to millions of struggling, small farmers.
Florida orange growers and juice makers asked the federal government Monday to impose tariffs on Brazilian processors, accusing them of selling orange juice in the United States at unfair prices.
The Bush administration on Monday upheld the imposition of penalty tariffs on shrimp imports from Brazil, Ecuador, India and Thailand.
Failure by the United States to stop postwar violence in Iraq has crippled efforts to rebuild an essential part of the Iraqi economy — agriculture, according to U.S. government officials.
Originally from Reuters
The number of Brazilian municipalities that registered cases of Asian soybean rust disease jumped to 81 from 51 in six days, the government’s crop research department Embrapa said on Tuesday.
Originally from Reuters
No end is in sight to Japan’s ban on imports of a U.S. beef, the head of a U.S. beef industry delegation said on Tuesday after a two-day visit to Japan aimed at speeding efforts to ease the ban.
Originally from Reuters
In the vanishing farm country on the outskirts of Indianapolis, the Apple family and their neighbors have created a fellowship of milking. Hidden Kitchens looks at the Apple’s efforts to bring raw milk to their community.
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An apple grower in Giles County, Virginia wants to capture the flavor of apples in a homemade syrup that will produce a sweet income. Three back-to-back years of lost crops and the importation of China’s cheap juice concentrate into the United States have taken huge bites out of his profits.
Brazil is expected to overtake the United States and end the year as the world’s No. 1 chicken exporter.
Instead of buying an evenly shaped tree densely packed with boughs, one grower recommends seeking out a tree with a more jagged, open outline.
Farming of the Virginia market varieties and other types of peanuts are waning in the Old Dominion.
Originally from WTOP Radio
Thanksgiving feeds a waning turkey industry (roanoke.com)
Turkey consumption has remained flat since 1990. American eating habits are changing, and consumers are seeking convenience. Cooking a whole turkey for five hours isn’t considered very convenient.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) is severely affecting rural Mexico, it is claimed.
Originally from BBC News